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CEDAR RAPIDS — Anticipated investment into a large-scale data center campus in southwest Cedar Rapids has grown to $1.75 billion, per recent communications between the city and data center developer QTS.

The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an amended development agreement with QTS outlining plans for up to seven project phases — up from the “two or more” outlined in the original agreement.

Cedar Rapids Economic Development Project Coordinator Scott Mather told council members that the amended agreement was drafted to better align with QTS’s organizational structure as it relates to building ownership.

“Each building will have its own property owner, and so as such,

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